Knowing Your Farmer ...

Knowing your farmer gives you an advantage of knowing not only where your food comes from but how it is grown! We at Family Roots Farm encourage and invite all customers to ask us questions on our growing practices.

Over the past five years our 1 acre sweet corn patch has grown into a 6 acre production farm including two high tunnels for season extension. For the past 200 years, our family has farm the ground we farm today. We strive to care for the land to leave it better for future generations to enjoy.

We grow using plastic and raised beds. A machine called a mulch layer, shapes our beds to be about 6" high. While shaping the machine lays a drip line and black plastic. The plastic creates a nice weed barrier and between the rows we mulch with straw, grow cover crop or cultivate to control weeds. (NO Herbicide is used) Drip irrigation allows us to conserve water and give each plant just the amount needed. By applying these practices, our plants have decrease risk from diseases, insects, and ground contamination.

As our customers, we want you to be confident in our practices to ensure we are producing safe high-quality products for your families to enjoy. Please feel free to ask us any questions.